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Book Title: Unbowed: An Algerian Woman Confronts Islamic Fundamentalism
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Khalida Messaoudi, Elisabeth Schemla
Publication Name: Unbowed : an Algerian Woman Confronts Islamic Fundamentalism
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication Year: 1998
Series: Critical Authors and Issues Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 168 Pages
